Title Horrendo's curse / Anna Fienberg ; pictures by Kim Gamble

Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Fie/Hcu		AVAILABLE
MELB SPCBC	819 Fienbe Ann/Hcu		LIB USE ONLY
W'BOOL CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Fie/Hcu		AVAILABLE

Description 155 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm regular print Series Children's book of the year short list 2003 Children's book of the year short list 2003 Summary No one, living or dead, was ever more polite than Horrendo. In all his eleven years he'd never said a rude word to anyone. But was his mother proud of her charming son? Not at all! For Horrendo lived in a cruel world where kind words were as rare as dragons' teeth, and pirates stole away twelve-year-old boys from under their mothers' noses ... This story is a rollicking adventure on the high seas, bursting with fierce fights, foul food and bad behaviour Notes On cover: "The Children's Book Council of Australia : Honour Book" Audience For children aged 7-11 years Notes The Children's Book Council of Australia short-listed book Subject Premier's Reading Challenge -- Year 3 - Year 4 Corsair -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories. Children's stories, Australian. Courtesy -- Juvenile fiction. Pirates -- Fiction. Etiquette -- Fiction. Behavior -- Fiction. Pirates -- Juvenile fiction. Determination (Personality trait) in children -- Juvenile fiction. Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction. Kidnapping victims -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Action and adventure fiction. Children's stories Australian fiction Children's stories Adventure stories Premiers Reading Challenge Juvenile works. Australian fiction Sea stories. Author Gamble, Kim, illustrator LC no. 2003447439 ISBN 9781865086033 (paperback) 1865086037 (paperback)

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